Aim

9. The overall aim is to ensure that, from 2018, chief executive
and executive director posts to be filled will have a minimum of
four appointable candidates who have come through the new national
leadership development, talent management and succession planning
process who are ready to compete for, or be assigned to, posts
within NHSScotland. NHSScotland is open to new people and should be
regarded as an exemplar employer which can attract, recruit and
retain external applicants as well as internal ones. NHSScotland as
an employer has the ambition and obligation to develop all the
people who work in it at whatever level - those with the talent,
ability, drive and values should be able to reach the highest
positions, regardless of background.